The Empress Dowager was so angry that she threw a teacup at him: "That's not what I taught him, that's my bloodline!"
The emperor stepped aside, continuing his taunting: "Grandson thinks that Gu the eldest is more like the Empress Dowager's bloodline! He's honest, kind, and a good-natured man. Hehe, Gu the second, that black-hearted bastard, is nothing like the Empress Dowager's bloodline!"
The Empress Dowager glanced at him: "Don't try to provoke me! I won't fall for your tricks. My descendants won't fight you for the throne, so you can just be a good emperor!"
Emperor: Oh no, my intentions have been seen through. As expected, the old fox is shrewd!
The daily routine of this grandmother and grandson is that the grandson teases his grandmother, hoping that she will get angry and call her own son back to seize the throne. Then the grandmother gets angry, throws a teacup, and calmly tells her grandson, "Being an emperor is so tiring, I won't let my descendants suffer!"
Unable to contain his anger, the emperor began to get down to business. He asked the Empress Dowager, "Do you think the Gu family, in cooperation with the Peng family, will be able to conquer one country first?"
The Empress Dowager pondered for a while and concluded that it was either the Kingdom of Jinnan or the Kingdom of the Goddess.
The emperor asked why, and the Empress Dowager replied that both countries were wealthy, possessing gold and silver mines as well as jade artifacts. Acquiring them first would be beneficial for future development.
The emperor didn't dare tell the Empress Dowager that Gu Hui had infiltrated the Goddess Kingdom to find Peng Ze, fearing it would anger her. He personally went to Kuncheng because the old lady was so old, and he didn't want her to cause any trouble.
After hearing the Empress Dowager's words, the Emperor felt that the first country to be conquered was the Goddess Kingdom. After he took his leave, he thought that the Goddess Kingdom probably wouldn't be destroyed like the Southern Frontier. Their customs were different, so he could give the Queen of the Goddess Kingdom a title and then discuss some future matters.
If it comes to governance, he still hopes to send officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty, but all the officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty are men. If they go to the Goddess Kingdom, they will be forced to become male concubines.
The emperor was somewhat worried!
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Speaking of the Gu family, it was already December. Cai Xiaolian told Gu Xin and Gu Si that they could start designing spring clothes now. Originally, they should have designed them in November, sewed them in December, and sold them in January. But since it was their first time doing this, they could design them now and start making them in January. They had to give the people from Da Zhou time to travel!
So, in their spare time, Gu Xin and Gu Si started designing spring clothes again. The two sisters usually designed complete sets, including headwear, clothing, and shoes.
Time passed day by day, and soon it was the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the day that the four Peng brothers had agreed with Lu Zheng to seize the flag.
Early in the morning, two large groups of people set off out of the city.
The clothes were provided by the Gu family as a favor; they were red and blue shirts. Lu Zheng's team wore red shirts, while the Peng family's team wore blue shirts.
On the first day, Hu Liang went to the mountains and placed fifty flags. Gu Shouxin asked him if they were all placed separately. Hu Liang assured him that they were placed separately, with each flag at least a hundred people's distance away from the others.
As for the location, Hu Liang didn't say.
Someone like him, who used to be frequently sent to raid the homes of high-ranking officials, really knew how to hide things.
He was very tight-lipped, and Huo Junhao couldn't get any information out of him no matter how hard he asked, let alone anyone else.
Gu Shouxin even sent him to represent the yamen to join in the fun. What if the two teams didn't find all fifty flags? Well, that would be embarrassing.
General Peng also invited Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, and Grandma Xiao to go out and play. Grandma Xiao thought to herself, "I haven't been to that mountain yet. Hmm, I can go and dig up some medicinal herbs."
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